Exercise 1
Write these sentences in another way, beginning in the way shown.
1) They didn't give me the information I needed.
I ________
2) They asked me some difficult questions at the interview.
I ________
3) A's colleagues gave her a present when she retired.
A ________
4) Nobody told me about the meeting.
I wasn't ________
5) How much will they pay you for your work?
How much will you ________
6) I think they should have offered Tom the job.
I think Tom ________
7) Has anybody shown you what to do?
Have you ________
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1 I wasn’t given the information I needed.
2 I was asked some difficult questions at the interview.
3 A was given a present by her colleagues when she retired.
4 I wasn't told about the meeting.
5 How much will you be paid for your work?
6 I think Tom should have been offered the job.
7 Have you been shown what to do?
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences using being+ the following verbs (in the correct form):
give invite keep knock down stick treat
1) Steve hates ________ waiting.
2) We went to the party without ________
3) I like giving presents and I also like ________ them.
4) It's a busy road and I don't like crossing it. I'm afraid of ________
5) I'm an adult. I don't like ________ like a child.
6) You can 't do anything about ________ in a traffic jam.
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1 being kept
2 being invited
3 being given
4 being knocked down
5 being treated
6 being stuck
Exercise 3
Complete the sentences using get/got+ the following verbs (in the correct form):
ask damage hurt pay steal sting stop use
1) There was a fight at the party, but nobody ________
2) Alex ________ by a bee while he was sitting in the garden.
3) These tennis courts don't ________ very often. Not many people want to play.
4) I used to have a bicycle, but it ________ a few months ago.
5) Rachel works hard but doesn't ________ very much.
6) Last night I ________ by the police as I was driving home. One of the lights on car wasn't working.
7) Please pack these things very carefully. I don't want them to ________
8) People often want to know what job is. I ________ that question a lot.
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1 got hurt
2 got stung
3 get used
4 got stolen
5 get paid
6 got stopped
7 get damaged
8 get asked
